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While Microsoft is doing a great job of providing OneNote resources for teachers at http://onenoteforteachers.com, I find that Microsoft’s efforts are still pretty Windows/PC-centric. In an effort to “translate” the process of creating a OneNote Class Notebook to the Mac realm, I’ve posted a new YouTube series just for Mac-wielding students and teachers. Over the past Read More …

Below is a playlist of YouTube videos assembled around the Office 365 Minimum Proficiencies that my district has identified. These videos should help teachers setting up Office 365 with their Macs. This list is not comprehensive, since other videos have been hosted in our PD platform, PD360.

1. Sign in and select Excel 2. Select a theme 3. Rename the spreadsheet for your group 4. Share to your group and teacher 1. Sign in and select Excel Use portal.office.com to log into your Office 365 @spart7.onmicrosoft.com account. From the Portal, choose Excel Online. 2. Select a theme From the Excel Online window, Read More …

Each collaborative group should nominate a group leader to follow the four steps for setting up your online presentation. Only the leader needs to create the presentation. After it is created, other group members and the teacher should get an email with a link to the shared presentation. 1. Sign in and select PowerPoint 2. Read More …

Each collaborative group should nominate a group leader to follow the four steps for setting up your online document. Only the leader needs to create the document. After it is created, other group members and the teacher should get an email with a link to the shared document. 1. Sign in and select Word 2. Read More …

This morning, I am launching a new series for my fellow educators specifically focusing on how to use Office 365 cloud tools in their classrooms. I begin with a few how-to tutorials that guide students and teachers step-by-step on how to set up shared online Word documents, PowerPoints or Excel worksheets for online groups. I Read More …

I was invited to the GMail and the Google Apps betas sometime in 2003 or 2004. Take a minute for that to sink in… Before Google Apps had taken over many school districts and before my experience as a New Tech Network teacher (where Echo and Google Apps ruled), I had grown up using arguably Read More …